Speaking of baddies… did you manage to catch Rufus Sewell as Aurelio Zen? The man who hounded Zen as Ernesto Huber, Michael McElhatton, has been added to the cast of HBO’s fantasy epic The Game of Thrones as intimidating noble lord, Roose Bolton. But I Doubt there will be an Armani wardrobe for him there…via Entertainment Weekly.
Via TV Line, In TV Crime, it looks like Beckett and Castle are going to have a rough go of it in the next season. There is a new chief in town named Victoria “Iron” Gates who is played by Penny Johnson, formerly of 24. Apparently the actor is describing the character as a bit of a hardass, only not in so few words. Of course, a no BS police chief is bound to wonder what it is that Richard Castle does besides get in the way, but we will have to see.
Via Geek Tyrant—And in spy news, or should I say International Man of Mystery news, it looks like Mike Myers will be returning as Austin Powers. Apparently no one bothered to ask if the “spy who shagged me” was missed, and instead went right ahead and decided to make a 4th movie.